CORAL GABLES, FL - APRIL 27: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee perform onstage at the Billboard Latin Music Awards at Watsco Center on April 27, 2017, in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Sergi Alexander/Getty Images)
After only a few weeks of bolting up the singles ranking across the pond, global super smash "Despacito" has reached the No. 1 slot. The song is the first No. 1 in the U.K. for both Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, but the same can't be said for Justin Bieber. "Despacito" is his sixth British chart-topper, and his second this year.
While the news that "Despacito" has finally hit No. 1 is especially huge for both Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, it's also massive for Bieber, even though he's been in this position before. In fact, Bieber has just replaced himself at the top of the U.K. singles tally, as he debuted in the peak spot last frame with DJ Khaled's "I'm The One." That track, which also features Lil Wayne, Chance The Rapper and Migos rapper Quavo, also began at the pinnacle of the Hot 100 this week.
According to the Official Charts Company, "Despacito" is the first non-English song to own the singles listing in that country since Psy's viral sensation "Gangnam Style." Fonsi, Yankee and Bieber haven't yet reached No. 1 in the U.S., but the song did recently become the first track sung primarily in another language to break into the top 10 since "Macarena" did so just over two decades prior.
From the moment it was first released, "Despacito" was special, and it immediately performed well on tallies around the world, succeeding especially quickly in Spanish-speaking nations. Both Yankee and Fonsi have been two of the biggest names in the Latin music industry for many years, and though they have each scored plenty of big hits, this new track will easily go down as their greatest accomplishment.
The song was granted a second life after Justin Bieber hopped on a remix, where he sings in both Spanish and English, prompting countries that had been sleeping on the song (such as the U.S. and the U.K.) to reexamine the musical phenomenon. In the week following Bieber's reimagining, the song broke into the top 10 in markets where that normally would have been all but impossible.
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